Version: 3.2.2 (using KDE 3.2.2, SuSE) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.4 An action of a focussed button should usually be triggered by pressing space bar. That's konqueror's and every other web browsers standard behaviour. But Konqueror often fails. Example: www.google.de Enter something to search, press tab to traverse to the search button, press space to execute search. Do it fast and konqueror fails sometimes (it seems that it usually fails when doing it fast). This feature isn't working reliably.
I tried it some more times. I don't think it has something to do with the entering speed. But it doesn't work reliable. It's a bug. I often noticed it, especially with www.google.de
I have another example confirming this issue. Say you search for a word in Kate. When the last occurence of that word is found, a dialog appears asking: End of doc reached. Continue from beginning? Continue Stop If you press space, the Continue button will be drawn in the pushed position but nothing will happen. The dialog will stay open. If you pressed enter, the search wraps and resumes normally. Pressing Space should do the same as pressing Enter. It is a behavior I also consider to be standard. I can't tell precise kde version numbers, but I know this was working in the past. I wonder which one of QT or KDE is responsible for that behavior. I am running KDE 3.5.0-0.1.fc4.
I can reproduce this bug sporadically after about 15 attempts using the google example from above. The button appears to be pressed (i.e. the button press animation executes), but no action is taken following the button press. However, the context-switch from the line edit box to the button to the press action has to be very quick for this to happen... Danny
But can you reproduce it without using a distro Qt?
i tried the google example. 30+ tries, 0 failures. kde 3.5.4. / kubuntu.
Reproduced the first 2 times I tried it. Google website on "Google Search" and "I'm feeling lucky" buttons. Archlinux KDE: 3.5.5 Qt: 3.3.6 http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lib/qt/?cvsroot=Extra&only_with_tag=CURRENT for arch patches. there aren't that many.
Confirmed on KDE4 trunk. Pressing TAB and SPACE quickly will not start the search.
The problem seems to be solved with Konqueror 4.5.4 / Qt 4.7.1 / Fedora 14 using KHTML. It persists, though, with Webkit.
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